Val Gardena Railway
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The Val Gardena Railway or Klausen-Plan was a narrow gauge railway operating in the Val Gardena in the Dolomites
of northern Italy
. The railway was constructed in 1915 when the region was part of the Austrian Empire. It was 32.5km (19.5 miles) long, and operated 0-8-0T steam locomotives constructed by Krauss
. The line closed in 1960.
Dolomites
The Dolomites are a mountain range located in north-eastern Italy. It is a part of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley...
of northern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The railway was constructed in 1915 when the region was part of the Austrian Empire. It was 32.5km (19.5 miles) long, and operated 0-8-0T steam locomotives constructed by Krauss
George Krauss
George, Baron von Krauss was a German industrialist and the founder of the Krauss Locomotive Works in Munich, Germany and Linz, Upper Austria...
. The line closed in 1960.